Quayle Rules Out 2014 Run for Anything

Quayle said he won't run for office in 2014. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Former Rep. Ben Quayle, R-Ariz., is not running for public office anytime soon — especially next year.

“On the political side, there’s nothing on the radar for me right now,” Quayle told CQ Roll Call in a Wednesday phone interview. “2014 is definitely not happening, but who knows what’ll happen sometime down the road.”

Quayle lost a competitive primary last cycle against a fellow member, Rep. David Schweikert. A redrawn congressional map set the stage for the two freshman Republicans to face off against each other in one of the state’s safest GOP districts.